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write a program to eliminate duplicate records in a input file
and send them to output file.THIS IS IGATE RECENT
QUESTIONN.....JUST 1 WEEK BACKKKK...

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write a program to eliminate duplicate records in a input file and send them to output file.THIS I..

Answer / khasim

In Answer2 just i am editing one line to make 100% correct

SUM FIELDS=NONE,XSUM

then it will store duplicates into dataset.

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write a program to eliminate duplicate records in a input file and send them to output file.THIS I..

Answer / shan

We can use JCL SORT utility using SYSIN DD * SUM fields =
none, will eliminate duplicate and store in a different dataset.


e.g
//SORTXSUM DD DSN=... Output eliminated by the SUM stm

//SYSIN DD *
SORT FIELDS=(1,3,CH,A)
SUM FIELDS=NONE
/*

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write a program to eliminate duplicate records in a input file and send them to output file.THIS I..

Answer / kumarmf2004

Step1. Make sure that the input is sorted on the field
you are validating as duplicates (IN-FIELD in this
case)
Step2. In your program
IF IN-FIELD = HOLD-FIELD
CONTINUE
ELSE
WRITE OUTREC
MOVE IN-FIELD TO HOLD-FIELD
END-IF
READ IN-FILE

Keep performing Step 2 until end of file

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write a program to eliminate duplicate records in a input file and send them to output file.THIS I..

Answer / deepak kumar

sort fields=copy
sum fields=none

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write a program to eliminate duplicate records in a input file and send them to output file.THIS I..

Answer / a

How to eliminate duplicate without using second file

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